Lisbon’s royal archives

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Lisbon’s royal archives were the central repository of Portugal’s historical state documents and records, housed in Lisbon until their destruction in the 1755 earthquake.

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Label Occurrences
Chronicle of Portugal 1
Lisbon’s royal archives canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government record repository
royal archives
state archive
associatedWith Council of State (Portugal)
surface form: Portuguese Council of State

Portuguese Crown
surface form: Portuguese crown
causeOfDestruction earthquake
cityAffected Lisbon
country Kingdom of Portugal
dateOfDestruction 1755
destroyedBy 1755 Lisbon earthquake
documentTypes administrative records
colonial administration documents
diplomatic correspondence
financial records
legal records
royal charters
event destruction in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake
function central repository of Portugal’s historical state documents
preservation of historical documents
storage of royal and governmental records
historicalPeriod Old Regime in Portugal
pre‑modern Portugal
languageOfDocuments Latin
Portuguese
locatedIn Kingdom of Portugal
Lisbon
partOf Portuguese royal administration
resultOfDestruction irretrievable loss of primary sources on Portuguese history
loss of large quantities of historical records
significance contained many of Portugal’s earliest state records
key source for the history of the Portuguese state
status destroyed
usedBy Portuguese central administration
Kingdom of Portugal
surface form: Portuguese monarchy

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1755 Lisbon earthquake destroyedStructure Lisbon’s royal archives
Sancho II of Portugal describedBySource Lisbon’s royal archives
this entity surface form: Chronicle of Portugal